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More than 25, 000 Pilgrims Expected at Annual Pilgrimage to St. Anne's Shrine in Angola
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (720+ words) Caxito, 12 June, 2026 / 2: 38 AM More than 25, 000 pilgrims from across Angola and abroad are expected to gather at St. Anne's Shrine in Angola's Catholic Diocese of Caxito from July 24-26 for the annual diocesan pilgrimage. The three-day event, which marks the 19th Diocesan Pilgrimage…...
PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV in Barcelona, Spain
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (133+ words) By EWTN News Staff ACI Prensa Staff, 11 June, 2026 / 2: 00 pm (ACI Africa). Pope Leo XIV continued his historic visit to Spain on June 10 with a whirlwind series of events in Barcelona including a visit to a penitentiary and Mass at the…...
In Canary Islands visit, pope tells Catholics to pray for those who "have lost their lives at sea
1+ day, 9+ min ago (1015+ words) ACI Prensa Staff, 11 June, 2026 / 11: 00 pm (ACI Africa). On the first day of Pope Leo XIV's visit to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria " the final stage of his trip to Spain before traveling to Tenerife and returning to Rome on Friday…...
Pope Tells Catholics to Pray for Those Who "have lost their lives at sea" in Canary Islands Visit
13+ hour, 24+ min ago (996+ words) ACI Prensa Staff, 11 June, 2026 / 11: 00 PM On the first day of Pope Leo XIV's visit to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria " the final stage of his trip to Spain before traveling to Tenerife and returning to Rome on Friday " several deeply…...
Pope Leo XIV Holds Prayer Vigil, Visits Prison, Says Mass at Historic Basilica in Barcelona: Photos
13+ hour, 39+ min ago (131+ words) By EWTN News Staff ACI Prensa Staff, 11 June, 2026 / 2: 00 AM Pope Leo XIV continued his historic visit to Spain on June 10 with a whirlwind series of events in Barcelona including a visit to a penitentiary and Mass at the famed Sagrada…...
Pope Leo XIV Prayed With This Young Man's Rosary in Barcelona " and Gave It Back
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (653+ words) ACI Prensa Staff, 11 June, 2026 / 2: 30 pm (ACI Africa). Sergi, a young Catalan man, was surprised by an encounter with Pope Leo XIV in Spain on June 10 he will never forget. During the pope's visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of…...
"Today there are more martyrs than in the early centuries of the Church": Aid to the Church in Need President
13+ hour, 24+ min ago (450+ words) By Walter Sanchez Silva CNA Staff, 11 June, 2026 / 1: 13 AM Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), said that "today, there are more martyrs than in the first centuries of Church history." "Martyrdom truly…...
A Century Later, Pope Leo XIV Fulfills Gaud's Dream, Inaugurates and Blesses the Tower of Jesus Christ in Barcelona
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (867+ words) ACI Prensa Staff, 10 June, 2026 / 11: 15 pm (ACI Africa). One of the historic milestones of Pope Leo XIV's visit to Spain was the opportunity to realize Antoni Gaud's dream: the inauguration and blessing of the Tower of Jesus Christ, coinciding exactly with…...
Catholic Bishop in Angola Highlights "values of Laudato Si" in Vision for Ecological Renewal, Rural Development
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (745+ words) Lwena, 10 June, 2026 / 8: 37 pm (ACI Africa). Bishop'Mart'n Lasarte Topolansky'of Lwena Catholic Diocese'in Angola has underscored the enduring relevance of the values articulated in Pope Francis" 2015 Encyclical Letter on care for our common home, Laudato Si", describing them as central to efforts…...
Pope Leo XIV Meets Lawmakers, Visits Historic Catholic Sites in Madrid, Barcelona: PHOTOS
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (106+ words) aciafrica. org By EWTN News Staff ACI Prensa Staff, 09 June, 2026 / 12: 39 pm (ACI Africa). Pope Leo XIV continued his seven-day trip to Spain with visits to Catholic sites, meetings with numerous communities including abuse victims, and a historic address to the…...